Koi Fish Nature’s Emissaries of Tranquillity in Retreat Settings They are often embraced as meditation sites and a general space to absorb serenity and inner peace. These ponds are very often placed in venues that are utilised as retreat settings, as they foster a...
Rhodes: The Land of the Middle Earth “Here be dragons.” The tail of the dragon where the Drakensberg Mountain Range tapers off is unchartered territory for my husband and me as we prepare for a 2 000km return journey that will take us over gruelling gravel passes and...
Rhodes Retreats Loading An exquisite energy fills Rhodes, a tiny Heritage hamlet in the Eastern Cape, cosseted by the Bel River and guarded by the mountains, at the base of Ben MacDhui, the new record holder of the highest altitude summit in South Africa at 3001...
Soultrek “We’re all just walking each other home.” Ram Dass, spiritual teacher “Dad, you don’t have to suffer and you don’t have to do this alone,” my daughter Bonnie insisted in a letter I opened on July 7, 2011, the first day of my epic walk with messages about...
The Diverging Paths of Medical and Wellness Tourism In recent years, the ease of travel has given way to a vibrant intersection of health and exploration, followed by the rise of two major and sought after forms of travel: wellness tourism and medical tourism. While...
An Authentic African Immersion Equipped with far too much luggage, I set off before a glorious sunrise on a beautiful July winter morning, heading to Durban airport for a flight to Johannesburg and then on to Hoedspruit. Just a few weeks prior, Motswari Private Game...
